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A Typical Monday - Many Moons AgoBy John FlemingGeigertown, Pennsylvania 19523 Dear Anna May and Walt Townsend McNabb, Illinois You have a request in Nov. & Dec. GEM for letters from some old timers experiences of yester-years. The year is in the twenties. I am old enough to remember the activities going on during an average day on a small business place of a wheelwright shop, saw mill, shingle mill, and cider press. My Dad bought everything in 1921 and operated all of this, different parts of the year. Otis Astle of Oxford, Pennsylvania operating his 20-40 Case with opposed motor. One of the first attempts to convert from steam to gasoline power. Tractor has a steam engine style governor. Seen at Rough & Tumble Reunion, 1975, Kinzers, Pa. Courtesy of Morris Blomgren, Route 1 [Falun], Siren, Wisconsin 54872 Picture of a device ma... 801 of 3532 characters shown.
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